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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wednesday Night Supper is at 5:30 pm in the FSH. If you are attending the Wednesday Night Supper, please check the number of meals in the attendance book. The meal for November 19 is Roasted pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls.. The meal is $8 for adults and $4.50 for children. We also have salad with grilled or fried chicken, choice of dressing – ranch, honey mustard, balsamic or Italian for $10. You must mark the attendance sheet if you would like salad.
The flowers today are given to the Glory of GOD and in Honor of Boykin Roseborough’s 90th birthday given by the Roseborough family.
Items needs for God’s Helping Hands: Sugar, Spaghetti, Spaghetti Sauce, Flour, Grits, Cream of Chicken Soup, Cream of Mushroom Soup, Cream of Potato Soup, Cereal, Cookies, Mac/Cheese, noodles and canned vegetables.
Next Wednesday, November 19 is the last Bible Study and Wednesday night meal until January 7, 2026
The UMM will have a brief meeting today following Worship. We will elect officers and discuss the 2026 calendar.
There will be a Finance Meeting at 2 pm today followed by a Council Meeting at 3 pm.
Saturday, November 22 is the “Hanging of the Greens” from 8:30 – 10:30 am in the FSH
The office will be closed on November 26 and 27 for Thanksgiving.
The Community Thanksgiving Service will be held on Sunday, November 23 at 4 pm at Emanual Lutheran Church. Pastor Debbie will be preaching.
As we look forward to the celebration of the birth of Christ, we hope the congregation will join us for our 'mini-concerts' during the advent season.
11/30, First Sunday of Advent - Music begins at 10:45 - Mimi Harding, Flute
12/7, Second Sunday of Advent - Music begins at 10:45 - Kathleen Wilson, Harp
12/14 - Third Sunday of Advent - Traditional Lessons and Carols - Music begins at 10:45
String Quartet and Trumpeter Charlie Polk. There will be a covered dish following the worship service in the FSH.
12/21 - Fourth Sunday of Advent - Nativity with the Children
12/24 - Christmas Eve, Handbells and Choir
Worship Service for November 16, 2025
Service of Worship
Platt Springs United Methodist Church
West Columbia, SC
November 16, 2025 – 11 A.M.
23rd Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements Marguerite Sterling
*Please stand as the light of Christ if brought forward
*Choral Introit “I Sing Praises to Your Name” Choir
*Call to Worship Marguerite Sterling
Leader: Celebrate and rejoice, all you people of Christ,
Women: For the Lord our God is doing a new thing!
Men: The old order is gone,
All: everything is new!
Leader: Illness, disease and crying and mourning,
Women: shall be as a distant memory!
Men: Hatred and war shall cease from the earth,
All: For Christ has risen! Death is defeated!
Hallelujah! Jesus lives!
Hallelujah! Amen.
Passing of the Peace (Isaiah 65) Pastor Debbie
Sisters and brothers, we are part of the new heaven and new earth. In God’s love, we can reach across the differences that divide us. Greet one another in this spirit of reconciliation and peace.
*Hymn “Soon and Very Soon” UMH # 706
Old Testament Isaiah 65: 17-25 Gene Rishkofski
Pastoral Prayer (followed by The Lord’s Prayer) Pastor Debbie
Young Disciples Pastor Debbie
*Affirmation of Faith “The Apostles Creed” UMH #881
*Gloria Patri “Glory Be To the Father” # 70
Worshipping God with Our Tithes & Offering.
Offertory: “He’s Everything to Me” Choir
*Doxology “ Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” # 95
*Gospel Reading Luke 21: 5-19 Pastor Debbie
Sermon “Hope for the End Times” Pastor Debbie
*Recessional “Forth in Thy Name, Oh Lord” UMH #438
*Benediction: Go forth into a world that needs new visions. Bring the message of hope and love, of justice and peace, to all you meet. Amen
*Postlude
Prayer List November 16, 2025
Surgeries/Hospital/Sick
Rick and Deree Stobaugh
David Brantley
JC Hyatt
Buck and Peggy Jones
James and Elaine Ward
Brenda Ettari
Sharon Grecu
Ray Cobia
Agnes Pittman
Brad and Barbara Jordan
Flora Jones
Walter Shumpert
Vince Rhodes
Dr. Linda Lake
Nursing Homes/Assisted Living/ Hospice/Rehab
Paul Mullins, Debbie Summers's uncle
Jessie Sargent
Lucy Eden
Helen Tarbox
Coretta Safriet
Shirley Ward
Family/Friends/Community
Ashley Steele
Lauren Goodenough, friend of Laura Hooper
Vernon Cunningham, Sandy Cobia’s brother
Margie Horton, friend of Melody and Terry Clamp
Kay Pearson, friend of Jamie Guffey
Jake Williams, friend of Laura Hooper
Marsha Mathious, friend of Bernadette Weston
Addie Wilkerson-Pinner, friend of Laura Hooper
Bryce Schmoyer, friend of Vickie Hanks’
Raven Player, niece of Betty and Don Elliott
Tally Nesmith, friend of Betty Rogers
Trey Schmoyer, friend of Vickie Hanks
Audrey Barclay, Susan Basnett’s mother
Corrie Wofford, C.J. Baker’s step daughter-in-law
Kathy Mott, Marie Thompson’s sister
Heyward Ann Marchant, great niece of Laura Hooper
Wendy McDonough, friend of Jolene Flory
Tommy Fowler, friend of Laura Hooper
Genevieve Stroud, Wanda Young’s mother
Tiffany and Adam Hunter, friends of Susan and Ryan Bressler
Matt Anderson, friend of Laura Hooper
Norma Kestner Viars
Military
Parker Albrecht, Navy
Zach Timmons, Marine Reserve
Donovan O’Dea, Army
Micah Floyd, Army
Spencer Miller, Air Force
Bailey Roberson, Army
To keep in contact with everyone on our prayer list we're going to clean the names that have been here for several weeks. If your name, or a loved one's name, has been listed here for three weeks, make sure to give Melody at (803)794-3415 a call so we'll keep them listed.
PSUMC: A Great Place to Be.
Phone: 803-794-3415
email: melody@psumc.org
3215 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia, SC 29170
Office Hours: Mon-Thur 9:00am to 1:00pm
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